Accountability

This is "Bavaria," the statue that overlooks the Theresienwiese in Munich. Can you spot Ed and Cherie running up to it?

It reminds me of the Statue of Liberty, yet it stands as a memorial to great Bavarians.

As we returned from our fantastic trip we have met our responsibilities and obligations head-on running up to the holidays.

And we've been hit by the tragic events of our own country.

I read.  Am I the only one who sees our liberty as American Citizens seeping away?

Naturally evil plays a role, but we see this clenching hand of over-regulation squeezing ever tighter.

Some cultures (perhaps German) seem to feel snug within a body of like-minded cultural regulations. It's in their DNA to be uniform.

Alas, America is not like that!  We are the melding of the world. It is our liberty that unites us, and we pay the price of liberty.

That is where God is essential to that liberty, as we need the moral compass He provides to rule ourselves.

As the moral compass drifts we kiss the treasured personal liberty away.

It is a sign of our failure.

How long? How long will we drift?

Watch and wait.